Tom Gantert, Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential [Mackinac Center]

Tom Gantert is Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, a daily news site of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

When Gantert arrived at Capitol Confidential as Senior Capitol Correspondent in February 2010, he already had extensive experience as a journalist, having worked for more than 20 years at Michigan daily newspapers, including The Jackson Citizen Patriot, Lansing State Journal and Ann Arbor News. Gantert also served a four-month stint at USA Today as part of a Gannett Corporation loaner program. In 2008, Gantert was The Ann Arbor News writer of the year, and in September 2009, he founded Reporting Michigan, a nonprofit news Web site.

Gantert holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Michigan State University. He has two sons and lives in Jackson, Mich.

Regular People Get In Trouble For Doing This, But Government Skates

Published on Aug. 2, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Rooting Out Suspected Bias A Full-Time Job At U-M

Published on July 31, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Drops Links To Left-Leaning Political Websites After Inquiry

Published on July 29, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Most Teacher Salaries Are Increasing

Published on July 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Want More Substitute Teachers? Pay Them More

Published on July 26, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Despite Claims, There Is No Teacher Shortage in Michigan

Published on July 24, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Newspaper Cites ‘Cuts’ in Case for City Tax Hike — But Spending Is Up, Not Down

Published on July 18, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Snyder Calls Legislature's Penalty For No Merit Pay 'Unenforceable'

Published on July 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Christian Farm Family's State Training Contract Canceled for Prayers, God

Published on July 12, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Elected Officials Stand to Get Thousands from Wind Deals If Zoning Approved

Published on July 10, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Head: GOP Made Teaching Undesirable; 952 Apply for One Opening

Published on July 7, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

In Picturesque U.P. Peninsula, It's Birds v. Wind Turbines

Published on June 30, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Loophole Could Make State's Open Records Law a Dead Letter

Published on June 29, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Where's Teacher Shortage School Districts Claim?

Published on June 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

There You Go Again: Teachers Union Spins Misleading Food Stamp Claim

Published on June 24, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Teacher Gets $80k Salary, Spends Half His Time on Union Work

Published on June 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan House Dems Propose State Contract Preference for Immigrants

Published on June 15, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Schools Would Already Be in Deficit if Not for Teacher Vacancies, Extra State Money

Published on June 14, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

How to Get a Property Tax Hike: Spend Big on Democratic Political Consultant

Published on June 8, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Lt. Gov. Brian Calley Explains Proposal For Legislature

Published on June 5, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

$94K Teacher Complains Salary ‘Stagnant’ at the Top

Published on May 31, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Teacher Wears Pizza Uniform From Second Job To Protest Pay

Published on May 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Did You Know? Post-Water Crisis, Fed and State Money Pours Into Flint

Published on May 24, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

School District Spent $275,000 in Public Dollars on Tax Hike Vote

Published on May 23, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Teachers Are the Nation’s Highest Paid

Published on May 22, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Astroturf? Facebook Page Promotes Union Politics Under Tea Party Flag

Published on May 19, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

National Park Service Spends $506k to Promote Old Cars

Published on May 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Democrats Vote to Give Detroit Schools Money for Students Who Don't Go There

Published on May 16, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Study Suggests Segregation Hurting Battle Creek Schools’ Budget

Published on May 15, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Public School Enrollment Down 25 Percent Since 1978

Published on May 13, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Zero Dollars For Michigan Infrastructure? Only If $4 Billion For Transportation Not Counted

Published on May 12, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Schools in Poorer Towns ‘Poorly Funded’ — If You Don't Count All Their Funding

Published on May 6, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Parents Blast District For Using Emergency Contact Info To Push Tax Vote

Published on May 4, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

28 Months After Bankruptcy, Detroit Misses Fiscal Report Deadline A Second Time

Published on May 3, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Election Today! And Plenty of Taxpayer-Funded Electioneering, Too

Published on May 2, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Doctored Video Promotes Authentic Tax Hike in Northern Michigan School District

Published on May 2, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Colbeck Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Campus Free Speech Infringements

Published on April 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

The Fake School Employee: Retiring Union President Spikes $115K State Pension

Published on April 26, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

It Would Take 600 Wind Turbines to Replace One Closing U.P. Coal Plant

Published on April 25, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Taxpayer Funded Electioneering in Full Swing Before May 2 Tax Votes

Published on April 24, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Wind Industry Titan Soaks Up Billions in Tax Subsidies

Published on April 21, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Official Collects Six-Figure Pay From Multiple Cities Simultaneously

Published on April 19, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Awash In Millions In Government Subsidies, Solar Company Still Shuttered Michigan Plant

Published on April 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Dials Back Pollyannaish Pension Assumptions, Admits Deeper Hole

Published on April 15, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

If Neighbor's Wind Turbine Flings Ice Chunks In Your Yard Is It Trespassing?

Published on April 12, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Property Tax Bills May Spike Due To School Pension Underfunding

Published on April 11, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

School Claims Its Tax Hike Emails Don't Invade Privacy - but Opponent's Would

Published on April 10, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Officials' Pension Underfunding Crushing Michigan School Budgets

Published on April 4, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Money For Nothing: Best Teachers’ Pay Stagnates While ‘Ineffectives’ Get Raise

Published on March 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Governor's Commission Rejects Voters' Judgment On More Windmills

Published on March 23, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Superintendent: We Don't Have Money To Give Top Teachers Merit Pay

Published on March 22, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Rules: Ineffective Teacher's Raise is 4x That of 'Teacher Of The Year'

Published on March 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Best Teachers Take Pay Cut In This Big Michigan School District

Published on March 15, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

The Best-Paying Public School Districts In Michigan

Published on March 14, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Affluent School Districts Benefit From Expanded State 'At Risk' Spending

Published on March 10, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Schools' Double Whammy: Declining Enrollment, Soaring Pension Expense

Published on March 6, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Redefines 'Annual' To Take Much Bigger Income Tax Bite From Pro Athletes

Published on March 3, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

These 20 Republicans Voted 'Yes' On Giving $1.8 Billion To Big Developers

Published on Feb. 23, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

$28K Or Less For First-Year Teachers? Three Districts Pay That

Published on Feb. 23, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Close Failing Public Schools? Not In Michigan — Yet

Published on Feb. 22, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Public Schools Goes Big For Teacher Merit Pay

Published on Feb. 20, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

How an 'Ineffective' Teacher Gets Third-Highest Pay Level

Published on Feb. 17, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Superintendent Claims First-Year Teachers Make $28K—We Can't Find Them

Published on Feb. 15, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Scofflaw School Districts Ignore Merit Pay Law, Face No Sanctions

Published on Feb. 14, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Officials Shortchange School Pension Fund 7th Year In Row

Published on Feb. 7, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Delayed Payment On Granholm Early Pension Gambit Raises Costs To Taxpayers

Published on Feb. 6, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Union Enlists a Mayor to Endorse Fabulist Claims on Teacher Pay

Published on Feb. 4, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

'Unregulated' Charter Schools? 13 Things You Did Not Know

Published on Feb. 1, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Federal Park Staffers Defy Presidential Order, Tweet Climate Change Warnings

Published on Jan. 27, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

After Decades of Little Change, Why Are So Many States Going Right-to-Work?

Published on Jan. 26, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

DeVos, Charters, School Choice Threaten Democratic Party Finances

Published on Jan. 19, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Officials Caused Michigan's Pension Crisis

Published on Jan. 16, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan School Districts: We Have No Ineffective Teachers

Published on Jan. 12, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

The Law's the Law – Except When It Says Great Teachers Get Merit Pay

Published on Jan. 10, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Number Getting Unemployment Checks Lowest In At Least 30 Years In Michigan

Published on Jan. 9, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Truth Optional When Teachers Union Defends Its Turf

Published on Jan. 5, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

In the Big Ten Conference of Migration Trends, Michigan Tops a Weak Division

Published on Jan. 4, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

U-M Prof Hints Scholars Down On School Choice, But Twice As Many Optimistic

Published on Jan. 3, 2017 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Fill 'er Up: Michigan Gas Tax Goes Up 7.3 Cents On Sunday

Published on Dec. 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Bullying Failed, So Teachers Union May Try Honey To Attract Dues Payments

Published on Dec. 28, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Schools Implosion Stumps Parents – And City Makes It Worse

Published on Dec. 26, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Not The Legacy He Imagined? U.S. Oil Production Up 80 Percent Under Obama

Published on Dec. 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

For First Time Ever, Fewer Michigan Charter Schools

More than a dozen charters closed for poor academics, but zero district schools … more

Published on Dec. 21, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Overcrowded? Typical Class Size in Detroit is 22 Kids

Published on Dec. 20, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit’s Anti-Charter Interests Are the Real Big Political Spenders

Published on Dec. 16, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Detroit Teachers' Pay Frozen, But Union Officials Get Big Raises

Published on Dec. 15, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

National News Site Attacks DeVos By Citing Questionable School Choice 'Ally'

Published on Dec. 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State and Federal Money Pouring In To Post-Bailout Detroit School District

Published on Dec. 13, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Dearborn School Superintendents And Budget Tales

Published on Dec. 10, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

'Photo Cops' Could Write Automated Tickets to Generate Money for Detroit Public Schools

Published on Dec. 7, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

MSU Bans Smoking on Campus But Reports No Violations

Published on Dec. 6, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Pew Trust: State Pension Managers Failed Even To Meet Own Funding Estimates

Published on Dec. 5, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

ACLU: Study Finds Detroit's Charters May Outperform, But Their Competition Hurts Regular Schools

Published on Dec. 1, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Soaring Pension Costs Breaking School Budgets, Crimping Teacher Pay

Published on Nov. 30, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Experts: Michigan Senate's Utility Bill Shackles State To Obama EPA Overreach

Published on Nov. 23, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Teacher Pay Flat at Insolvent Detroit Schools, But Union President's Pay Doubles

Published on Nov. 22, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Despite Union Claims, School Pension System is in Trouble

MPSERS, unfunded liability … more

Published on Nov. 17, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Chamber: Concern Lansing Abatement Proposal Could Have 'Unintended Consequences'

corporate welfare, … more

Published on Nov. 14, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Safe Space? Ann Arbor Landmark Painted With 'Kill em All' After Trump Victory

Published on Nov. 9, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential

State Gave Biofuel Company Millions for Unbuilt Plant

Published on Nov. 8, 2016 – Michigan Capitol Confidential